As mentioned below, this is a great show and perhaps DP2 will be repackaged one day and include this. I just want to add that El Paso is particularly nice tonight. I especially enjoyed Garcia's riffs just after "...away I did ride..." and "...a deep burning pain in my side..." He had that brilliant talent to slip those riffs in and make the incredible even that much more remarkable (like the extra bit he gives his solo in Peggy-O at the Mosque in '77). Anyway, for what it's worth, I found this to be an elevated version of El Paso during a really great night of music. I go five stars because it's a great night of music with touches that make it stand out.

This is a high quality recording of the Dead in transition mode with Keith minus Pigpen and before Donna.
These are very basic versions of tunes that would become 1st set workhorses for the Dead until 75.
The longest tune is LOSER at 7:11.
But you could easily split this set in two and it would be two nights worth of material in the 90's.
If you are someone who likes to get up and dance the pace of this material is brisk!
Oh yeah the harmonies on Jack Straw are so gentle it makes one forget this is a tragedy in progress type song. Yes, having Jerry later sing verses changed the entire dynamic of this song but there are some great harmonies here with Jerry and Phil coming in to hit the last chorus.
"We can share the women, we can share the wine"

Just listened to this and Dick Pick 2. Grate stuff love the Dark Star Jam. I hear a feel of "Eyes", different key and slightly different sync but could be the seed for that song.

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give me a break. this could be the in my mind greatest tripped out dark star ever played and it has been capsuled in to what i bought and considered the most entrenched and crazy show bobby ever played. listen to the end of sugar mag and tell me that this show is not worthy of a full release. ridiculous.

get off your horse.

Here we have the boys exactly a week after the release of Skull & Roses, not really promoting same in the traditional sense in that only 4 of the 15 songs in set 1 come from S&R.

Set 2 on DP2 is course to die for, and set 1 here makes a great companion to get the complete show. Nothing remarkable other than a great late '71 setlist, albeit one without the ailing Pig.

On the mix side, there are a couple of anomalies. Keith is way too fucking high in the mix in Bertha -- almost as high as he is in the 12-15-71 Hillman Auditorium show, at which the audience pleaded with the band to turn Keith OFF. Happily, this was apparently caught and he's brought back down into the mix by Me & My Uncle.

Also, and I'm at a loss to explain this without donning a tinfoil hat, Bobby's on the left and Jerry's on the right for the first three songs, then they abruptly switch channels for PITB and the rest of the set. Huh?

Unlike others, I don't see any difference between the stereo/instrument separations here and on DP2. The only difference mix-wise that I do notice on DP2 is that Keith either didn't even play or they actually muted him in the mix during that set.

show for me, cause it sounds like they're slowing everything down and making it real deliberate. Jack Straw sounds awesome, and there's a moment in there where Garcia forces the speed a full step down, really noticeably. The Casey Jones is one of the slowest, most staccato renditions I've heard from this era. Sounds like they really wanted to get it right and take their time doing it, and this makes a change from the usual '71 show. I haven't heard DP2, but what we have hear is very good.

when the Dead played this night. A standard setlist for Fall'71. However the songs are well played. I agree that the instrument separation is better here than on DP2,(a minor complaint). I will give it 5 stars. If you don't own DP2 yet...what are you waiting for???

Dylan M was on-point. CM's edit of Set 1 has better instrument separation than the DP edit of Set 2! Regardless, "lay your money down" for DP Vol 2 if you don't have it already. The set list looks great on paper and the playing exceeds the highest expectations.

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A terrific show, with an audience that didn't get to see the Dead all that often in this party of the country. "An Evening with the Grateful Dead" opening act Jerry Garcia playing steel with the New Riders of the Purple Sage. A sold out show at the newly renovated Ohio Theatre (hence the comments between "Me & My Uncle" and "Deal" to "...please don't jump and down on the seats...jump on the floor instead" LOL). Pigpen absent from this show due to illness, Keith Godchaux sitting in on piano. At some point, the audience just had a party by themselves, and the band just sort of played along...

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Charlie's right, get DPV2 (Dick's Picks Volume 2) it's well worth the download at www.deadnetstore.com.

Charlie said buy it, so I did. Thanks Charlie. You're right again...

I highly recommend adding this show to your DPV2. That way you'll have both sets.

The audio quality of this show is "Charlie Miller"...and that is good enough for me...

I recommend using your EQ/SRS WOW Effects during playback of most of the shows on the IA, this one included.

Windows Media Player has a 10 band EQ and SRS WOW effects that enhance the sound.

Here's one way to stream/dowload this show:

The IA recommends users of Windows XP view this web-page with RealPlayer.

RealPlayer is a free media player you can download at www.realplayer.com.

Using RealPlayer to view this webpage, click the VBR M3U link to open the songs in the Playlist.

If your Playlist is not open, open it by clicking the Playlist icon at the lower right hand corner of RealPlayer.

Once the songs are in the Playlist, double click the song to play it, then click the record button at the lower left hand corner of Realplayer to record it.

When the red line reaches the other end click the stop button to download the song. Your song is in the RealPlayer Downloads folder.

Repeat these steps for each song.

OR

You could just hook up your audio cables from your computer to your Cassette, CD, VHS, DVD, MP3, recorder and record the show in real time.

Eat, Drink, Be Merry and Listen to the GRATEFUL DEAD, for tomorrow we may die...

Thanks for the LOVE from 1971.

PS: Remember to click on the "DeadLists Project" link and get the Poster for this show.

PSS: Remember to click on Charlie Miller's name and collect all his GRATEFUL DEAD Shows.

Great to have the first set to one of my all time favorite dicks picks. An unlike the release, Keith's piano is crisp and present. in DPV2, i just can't hear any Keith, weird. But Charlie's transfer (as always) does this recording and concert justice. Thanks man!